1966. Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum. Austin, Texas

 

Dear Bruce,

"Was the overbearing mass of travertine called the 

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas, 

finished in 1971, a sly comment on Johnson's imperial 

predilections, or the sad result of Mr. Bunshaft's own" 

(Paul Goldberger)

Sincerely,

R

1965. Tampere Kaleva Church

 

Dear Rem,

"Pietilä´s avant-garde was, and is, more 

of a philosophical or spiritual quality than 

something merely connected to the

architectural forms" (Kaisa Broner)

Sincerely,

R

1964. Ostankino TV Tower

 

Querida María,

"Cuando llegas a la cumbre descubres que

no hay mucha diferencia entre ver las cosas

desde las alturas o desde el fondo del mar"

(Rafael Narbona)

R

1963. Marco de Canaveses

 

Querida Cristina,

"Un buen arquitecto trabaja despacio"

(Alvaro Siza Vieira)

Un abrazo,

R

1962. La Maison de Jean Prouvé

 

Dear Daniel, 

"Never design anything that can not be made" 

(Jean Prouvé)

Regards,

R

1961. Fourth Financial Center, Wichita, Kansas

 

Dear Natalie,

"Architecture is at the outset functional, but that 

function must extend beyond the mundane to 

matters of the spirit" (Bruce Graham)

Respectfully,

R

1960. Bouches-du-Rhone. L'Hôtel du département du 13

 

Dear David,

"Something ugly in the morning can become 

beautiful in the evening"(Will Alsop)

Regards,

R

1959. Bergeijk, Weverij De Ploeg

 

Dear Hans,

"The spatial artist creates the environment and 

proportions appropriate to our time" 

(Gerrit Rietveld)

Cheers,

R

1958. San Francisco International SFO

 

Dear William,

"It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on 
earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty 
as an airport" (Douglas Adams)

Regards,
R